UN expert warns of looming 'genocidal violence' in Myanmar


Military personnel participates in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. - Reuters

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar's Rakhine State is facing a terrifying situation similar to the run up to "genocidal violence" eight years ago against the persecuted Rohingya minority, a UN expert warned Thursday (July 4).

Speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Thomas Andrews, the special rapporteur on the situation in Myanmar, voiced deep alarm at recent events in the western region.

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